Category: Gospel

God is Love

  The Lord is love. His kindness is beyond our understanding. I spent so many years thinking I would never be able to measure up to some sort of “churchy” ideal, thinking of that as a picture of what God wanted me to be. I was pretty far from it in our very small conservative…
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February 25, 2020 3
Be a Light at Work

How to be a Light at Work

Most Christians have been in the position of wanting to share Jesus’s love with their co-workers. You probably know the fear that comes with what might happen if you bring it up though. It’s taboo to talk about your faith at work. But your work-place is a field ripe with harvest, and God has sent…
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January 25, 2019 0
Fulfill the Great Commission

Fulfill the Great Commission, Part 2—BIG UPDATE WITHIN!

“When a street kid goes missing nobody does anything about it at all.” This truth weighed on James and his wife, Shannon, after moving to India as missionaries. They thought they were going to fulfill the great commission in orphanages, and they did, but God was leading them to a bigger picture. They were told…
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July 13, 2018 4
Fulfill the Great Commission

Fulfill the Great Commission, Part 1

In a cabin nestled in the old fir-covered mountains of the North-West, a missionary asks for prayer. Surrounded by new and old friends, he fights back tears and shares that the Chapra Amazonian people asked for a translation of the Bible in their language. David Skinner has overcome threats, sickness, and imprisonment to fulfill the great…
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July 6, 2018 2
Forgiven

Who is Forgiven Much Loves Much

Who has seen their need for God’s mercy and grace? If we glimpsed our vast debt to the King and how greatly He’s forgiven us—could we not love Him? He looks for who will recognize the gulf He spanned to adopt us in adoration. God proclaims over you, “My child, all your sins are forgiven,” canceling the…
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May 25, 2018 2
Make Eternal Impressions

God Uses Us to Make Eternal Impressions

God has a plan which He works tirelessly to accomplish. As believers in Christ, we have the opportunity to join with Him and make eternal impressions in our lives and the lives of people around us. He desires to, and will, unify everything to give Jesus the glory He deserves. “He has showered His kindness…
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April 13, 2018 2
Risen Indeed

He is Risen Indeed, and So Are You

Since I came to the Lord as a young adult, I didn’t grow up knowing all the peculiarities of the church. The first Easter I heard someone expectantly greet me with a peppy, “He is risen!” An awkward silence fell as I tried to respond. My gracious friend whispered the code, “You’re supposed to say,…
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April 6, 2018 6
Freely Give

Freely You Have Received—Freely Give

Jesus’s whisper echoed in my spirit, “Freely you have received; freely give.” My heart is tender this morning as I pray and thank Him for giving His life on the cross. When I write, I always want my words to be from Him to you. So I had asked Jesus, “What do you want to say?” Jesus…
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March 30, 2018 2
Why Did Jesus Die

Why Did Jesus Die?

In a couple weeks, Christians will be celebrating Good Friday and Easter Sunday. These days represent when Jesus went to the cross and was raised three days later. But why did Jesus die? I thought it would be good to consider these Bible passages and remember what He did for us. To Reconcile You to…
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March 16, 2018 3
Good Deeds

Use Good Deeds to Make God Like You!

Do you ever fall into the trap of believing good deeds increase your favor with God? We are approaching Good Friday in a few weeks when we celebrate Jesus’s sacrifice. On that day, Jesus put the final touch on the masterpiece of His life of good deeds. As the Son of God died, the veil…
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March 9, 2018 4